The story begins here, in Gothenburg...

This is my 1971 240z when I picked it up after arriving in Gothenburg from

Chicago. E"verything" looked "well" - and met my expectations from the pics

in the ebay auction. However - the "rust free" turned out to be a big hoax...

Anyway, after getting it up on the trailer and taking it home to Stockholm

it was unloaded at a friends company - called Speedworks where I assume most of the

mechanical mischief will take place once the car's been restored. The engine

was fired up (or rather jump-started since the ignition wires had been yanked

from it's original place) - picure below.

Vidcap-picture of the car at Speedworks.

The engine wasn't running like it was new, but at least it was running. Not

that it mattered much anyway - the car wouldn't have made it through an

inspection by the swedish "DMV" anyway. As I soon learned, the floor pans

were replaced by a hopeless heap of fiberglass, riveted and bolted pieces of

metal. Click the links below for images of the so called floor...

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/240z-projekt-Hugo/b12.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/240z-projekt-Hugo/b13.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/240z-projekt-Hugo/b14.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/album185/01_G.jpg

I continued to strip the car of... everything. That was the plan from the start

pretty much, so a "little rust" wouldn't discourage me. When I removed the

dashcap - I was surprised - I have never seen a more messed up dash than this!

Anyway - I got in contact with a company called SCE - Swedish Composite

Engineering - and they will be helping out with molding/making a lot on this

car from carbon fibre. So far the planned parts incluce: The hood, cowl plate,

service hatches, front fenders, doors, rear hatch, center console, dash and

the tail light plates. Since I don't want to completely "out source" the job I'll

be present during the production of the parts, hopefully learning something

Since the car was all together nasty, I figured having it sand blasted would

be the most reasonable thing to do. Said and done - Doors were sent packing.

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag20/00_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag20/01_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag20/02_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag20/03_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag23/05_G.sized.jpg

I think they came back alright... As did the other small parts I sent every

now and then - including the cowl plate, tail light plates, fenders, etc.

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/01_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/02_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/03_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/04_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag30/05_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/01_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/02_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/03_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/04_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/05_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/06_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag31/07_G.sized.jpg

After a while, there wasn't much more to dismount from the car, looking like this:

A rotisserie stand was made by Speedworks, from the blueprints of a friend:

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag28/00_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag28/02_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag28/06_G.sized.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag28/11_G.sized.jpg

Since some parts weren't feeling to good, I called in the reinforcements,

ordering parts from a company called Meca. Tabco wouldn't even reply

to my e-mails even though I had placed an order. Very poor service IMO.

Pictures of the actual parts are here:

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar01.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar02.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar03.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar04.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar05.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/hugo-diverse/delar06.jpg

So - that's about it. As of now the car stands knee deep in sand at Allblästring

(the sand blasting company) waiting for me to pick it up, but I'm not going

to be able to during this week. Bugger

More pics:

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/01_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/03_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/04_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/05_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/06_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/07_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/08_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/09_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/10_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/11_G.jpg

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/12_G.jpg

Parts from ZEDD FINDINGS, yay!

http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/albums/dag32/13_G.jpg

The front frame rails will be replaced, along with a bunch of sheet metal.

I got 4 square meters of 20 gauge sheet metal standing by to fill in all the

gaps. Will probably buy a bunch of 18 gauge as well... When all the rust

has been cut away and replaced with healthy new metal, the car will be

hauled back to sand blasting to blast the welds, etc. The entire car will

be painted with POR-15 silver (I know what Escalon [spelling?] thinks of

it - but I've been told by the resellers of POR-15 Germany that it'll be fine

as long as the surface is rough (go over it with block sanding). I'm being

sponsored by the swedish reseller of POR-15, so I reckon It'll be alright.

To be continued...

Philip,

My hat goes off to you. You are doing an outstanding job. You show true passion for your Z. Keep up the good work and keep those excellent video's coming. They are great!

Here is a little something that will hopefully help you:

(If it's too small let me know I can email you a larger size picture 2200 x 2000)

Thanks alot Ed!

Hopefully there's a new video coming soon since I'm getting some tutoring

on soldering later on today. Looking forward to it. Gonna have some bumps

hammered out as well (I hope).

I actually already have the larger version of the picture you attached. Great

big thanks anyway. It's good to know us Z-nuts help eachother out, cheers! =)

Now, some "progress":

Yesterday I visited a friend, who had a friend (who's good with electronics)

over and they had a look at my taillights. If I tell you that I've ordered 15

red bright LED's for testing - I think you can put two and two together

I'll hopefully have custom made curcuitboards for this piece of the puzzle.

Right now I'm just waiting for the LED's in order to do some testing...

Lead soldering in progress ...

Before.

During.

After (..and No[!] It's not finished yet)

Now, some "progress":

Yesterday I visited a friend, who had a friend (who's good with electronics)

over and they had a look at my taillights. If I tell you that I've ordered 15

red bright LED's for testing - I think you can put two and two together

There's been some investigation done into this previously.... link

Progress:

Lead wiping. old school. Now thats the propper way to do it.

Will you use lead throughout the car? Will you not use a bondo-type substance anywhere? I had a '32 Ford 3-window coupe that we used lead on in 1959. It worked great! They have perfected the 'plastics' so well that no one uses lead anymore. Interesting that this is what your boys are using. Fascinating!

Will you use lead throughout the car? Will you not use a bondo-type substance anywhere? I had a '32 Ford 3-window coupe that we used lead on in 1959. It worked great! They have perfected the 'plastics' so well that no one uses lead anymore. Interesting that this is what your boys are using. Fascinating!

I wanted to learn how to work with lead soldering. Mainly using it now to

smooth out some bumps that can't be hammered or by pushing from behind

by using different instruments. Near the drip rail on the roof for instance.

It's also to perfect the area around the welds and seal them up good.

I'm no expert, so this is pretty rough around the edges, and fiberglass

bondo will be used after the car is either painted with epoxy primer or

POR15. Currently looks like the epoxy is the winning choice since it's

what the sand blasing company uses. The car is going back for a light

blasing of the welds, etc. I'll use POR on the floors and other places

where extra rust protection is needed.

When the car is primed/rust protected - caulk will be added to all the

seams. Inside and out. I got some goodies from a company called Auto-

experten that will be used for this:

I understand your usage of materials. I would have loved to use lead on some of my body areas. It seals up and does not rust. Oh well, I will just have to trust the modern plastics. I think you are doing the correct thing in using all of the materials available. It will be a nice car when finished.

Lead is the way to go if you can get it. Thats what I'm using on my 71 in about the same location as he did.

#14 : )

>> http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/wmv/mull@hugo14.wmv

I LOVE THE VIDEOS!!! I know that it is alot harder than it looks...:stupid: but you guys sure make it look easy enough that I may go take some welding classes at the local community college so I can save alot of money ROFL when I redo the body on my Z. That way all I will have to do is pay someone else to paint it for meROFL ROFL